{"id":254059,"date":"2025-07-10T17:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254059\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T17:41:16","slug":"kate-middleton-favorite-children-books-to-read-to-george-charlotte-and-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254059\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton favorite children books to read to George, Charlotte and Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Duchess of Cambridge has shared her top five children&#8217;s books and it seems the Cambridges are big fans of one in particular<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Royal-visit-to-Abergavenny-and-Blaenavon.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Middleton, who has revealed five of her favourite children's books\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Kate Middleton, who has revealed five of her favourite children&#8217;s books (Image: PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/prince-william-kate-middleton-changes-947643?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Duchess of Cambridge<\/a> has shared her top five children&#8217;s books, revealing the titles that she enjoys reading to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/kate-middletons-touching-response-remark-914278?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kate has joined forces with her stepmother-in-law, Camilla, to launch a brand-new kids&#8217; book club on the Duchess of Cornwall&#8217;s Reading Room website, which has just been launched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In honor of the launch, she disclosed her go-to children&#8217;s stories &#8211; including one that features a character with the same name as her daughter,<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-matching-outfit-charlotte-1208113?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Princess Charlotte.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One of Kate&#8217;s picks is Charlotte&#8217;s Web, which she notes is &#8220;loved in our house for obvious reasons&#8221; and praises as a &#8220;charming story about friendship, loyalty and love&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/kate-middleton-dior-debut-1253660\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton makes first-ever Dior appearance during French state visit<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/royals\/royal-fans-spot-hidden-detail-1253174\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal fans spot hidden detail in Princess Kate&#8217;s outfit during French state visit<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She also suggests Stig of the Dump, a book that holds a special place in her heart as it was recommended by her father Michael and resonates with her own childhood memories of &#8220;loved spending time outdoors, making dens, digging, discovering and making things out of odds and ends&#8221;, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/kate-middleton-reveals-books-loves-26376870\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Additionally, Kate endorses the Katie Morag Series by Mairi Hedderwick, which she finds &#8220;captivating&#8221;, and the book Feelings, which she believes is a &#8220;wonderful way to help children understand and recognise their feelings and emotions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Royal enthusiasts can stay updated by subscribing to the Mirror&#8217;s daily newsletter for all the latest scoop on the Queen, Charles, Kate, Wills, Meghan, Harry, and the rest of The Firm. Click here to sign up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The last book on the list is The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, a tale that Kate describes as a &#8220;comforting story to help children face their fears and grow in confidence with the help of others&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_BESTPIX-The-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-Christmas-Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William with wife Kate and his three children George, Charlotte and Louis\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Prince William with wife Kate and his three children George, Charlotte and Louis(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kate&#8217;s fondness for this book is well-known, as she read it out loud during her appearance on CBeebies Bedtime Stories just last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Jill Tomlinson penned the book, which narrates the journey of Plop, a baby barn owl who learns to conquer his fears with the support of others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After finishing the reading, she remarked, &#8220;Wow, what an encouraging tale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We can all feel scared sometimes, just like our little owl friend Plop, but as Mrs Barn Owl said, &#8216;It&#8217;s better to find out about the things that scare us before we make up our mind&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;And with the help of others, we can often face things that worry us. Now it&#8217;s time for bed. Night night and sleep tight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On the other hand, Camilla has been a long-time champion of literacy and reading, and just last week, she penned an exclusive piece for the Mirror about her favorite books to read to her grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One of these is Gangster Granny &#8211; a thrilling tale about a grandmother who hatches a plan to swipe the Queen&#8217;s Crown Jewels from The Tower of London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duchess of Cambridge has shared her top five children&#8217;s books and it seems the Cambridges are big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-254059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114830172847935208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}